Political Quotes

“reserving the right to object. I would note one of the efforts that the State Department has endeavored to do to try to force these nominations through is planning a whole series of articles in papers, which they somehow believe would pressure me. The most abusing of which was an article, I believe, in POLITICO, if I remember correctly, that began ominously: The mansions in Europe where our ambassadors reside are sadly empty due to this one Senator's objections. I will confess, my heart is not broken that some rich Democratic donor is not wining and dining people in a grand ambassadorial mansion. I am sure that is an enormous crisis in Georgetown. What I think is a crisis is making Putin stronger and Russia stronger and weakening Europe, weakening our allies, and weakening America. And because Biden's multibillion-dollar gift to Putin weakened America, strengthened Russia, and undermined our U.S. national security, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Connecticut Unanimous Request Consent--Executive Calendar”